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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nick H.
> Nugent
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:13 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Airbrush makes great ink mixing tool (vs. cotton
> swab)
>
> Hello folks,
>
> This posting is for those that design inksets such as Paul Roark, or
> like me that want to come up with a particular shade of sepia.
>
> My airbrush has been sitting around doing nothing for a while due
> recent development in GLOP for glossy papers and roller applications
> for matte media. I found a use for it last night when I was rolling my
> own sepia shade and after getting frustrated a bit with the cotton
> swab.
>
> The airbrush spits out ink much like an inkjet and you spray it
> straight from the mixing bottle. Using an Iwata Eclipse BCS with
> adjustable spray you can spray it light, dark and anywhere in between
> to simulate ink intensity with ease. Test spray on your target piece
> of paper for accuracy.
>
> I got now a sepia tone that I really like but it's still a tad too
> reddish magenta. Maybe a few more drops of cyan will do. This was the
> result of my spray test on a paper different than my target paper. And
> the new 1160 spongeless cart just makes it so easy to reload ink.
>
> I'm using this sepia not as a toner, but as a gray in a two-ink QTR or
> IJC/OPM profile. Somehow I cannot get the tone I really like when I
> use it as a toner in the profile.
>
> In this 1160 setup I have MK in the black cart, PK in the cyan
> position, the newly concocted sepia in the yellow, and perhaps I can
> come up with another sepia in the magenta position for a paper that
> doesn't work well with this sepia.
>
> Anyway, the airbrush makes an excellent aid in ink mixing. I hope some
> may find this information useful.
>
> --nick
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